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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

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  NVR2L8 - Yeah I considered that.
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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. relationships

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  what strikes me as odd, (but it shouldn't with our knowledge of dubs), is that they act first and then ask questions later.

  Yep. Thats the way it always is. I suppose I was the same way as a dub
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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. relationships

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  Thanks Billy. I will have to learn to bite my lip if I want to keep some peace.
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  Purging.....It feels soo good.

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you try to read that crap.. you'll ... purge the baloney sandwich you ate for lunch..lol.

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  I did make sure to tear everything up and rip the pages out of books because I didn't want anyone else to read it.

  Damn, I should have done that. It was mixed in with a bunch of dirty diapers...
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  Purging.....It feels soo good.

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you try to read that crap.. you'll ... purge the baloney sandwich you ate for lunch..lol.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/relationships/246249/1/My-mom-unfriended-me-on-Facebook

  So if you read the above thread, I probably shouldn't post on Facebook that picture from the OP?
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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. relationships

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  Does anyone know what publication said recently something about "You shouldn't have to choose between your family and a religion?" They are so hypocritical in their double standards.

  I'd like the show her that little gem some time and ask her why it should be different with JW's
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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. relationships

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  Update

  I called my mom to catch up since it’s been 5 or 6 weeks. She seemed cold and distant but she talked.

  At the end of the conversation I asked her, “Oh, are you still on Facebook?” She said she was. I said “Oh, because I noticed you weren’t on my friends list anymore.” She said “Yeah, when I saw you “liked” that apostate book I removed you.” I said “What apostate book?” She said “The Crisis of Conscience one. Its by an apostate.” I said “Have you read it? It’s not apostate. Ray Franz was a member at one time but he wrote about his time there at bethel and about his conscience not allowing him to choose an organization over God” She said “Oh. Well I wasn’t sure. I will add you back as a friend. Doesn’t he preach his own ideals?” I said “No. He just talked about how things ran at bethel during his time there.” We talked a little more about other things then hung up.

  So I was right, it WAS because of the book. Oh well. I am really lucky she and my sister are the only ones that may shun me for my beliefs or lack there of. There are so many stories of whole families leaving them in the cold, wives, husbands, kids, grand kids ect… I should count myself lucky my wife is with me and not against me. Even my MIL still talks to me and has us over and she knows everything about the holidays and my feelings.

  Every time, even before I left, my mom never lets a conversation go that doesn’t involve something about an upcoming assembly, or talk she heard or whatever JW. Sadly her mind is a pile of JW propaganda mush.

  Clarity - That was a possibility I was throwning around too but sadly no.
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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. relationships

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  you may have some undealt w stuff, there.

  I have alot of resentment for how I was raised. I now wish I had a normal childhood. Being born in, I knew nothing of a normal upbringing. She came into the "truth" in 1974 because the end was SOOOOOO close. She swears up and down now that they never pointed to 1975 being a special year. When it is so easy to see all the lies now, I don't know how anyone stays in.
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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. relationships

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  If you ever find someone who would be a good listener, talking about some of this might be good. Just a thought.

  Perhaps. Recently, after leaving, I decided to not waste my time on those who don’t care for or about me.

  I know my mom loves me but is really disappointed in me. I’ll find out whats going on with her. I just hate how much control there is in the org. She will never listen to reason even if it was presented in a reasonable manner.
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  My mom unfriended me on Facebook...

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. relationships

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  Lol. Yeah, and I was the one who kept pushing her to get on so she could keep up with the grandkids she never sees. She just joined a few months back.